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Friday, June 23, 2006 (Philippines)
| The Regional Trial Court sentenced Charlie Misamis to a life term for illegal possession of prohibited drugs. (Sun.Star Dumaguete/Syril G. Repe) |
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BACONG, Negros Oriental -- The Municipal Council is still waiting for the response of Mayor Rodolfo Yee on its letter asking him to explain the allegation of three whistle-blowers that he engineered the purchase of a vehicle worth P48,000 without passing the regular bidding process.
Vice Mayor Lenin Alviola said the Municipal Council, after they received a letter of complaint from three residents on the first week of June, wrote the mayor in order for him to comment on the allegation.
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Drug offender meted life term; 3 acquitted
ONE of Dumaguete City's major illegal drug trafficker was meted a life term, but three others, including a couple, were freed by Judge Rafael Crescensio Tan Jr. on June 17.
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Kanlaon exhibits 2 more steam-ash emissions
KANLAON volcano exhibited two more episodes of steam-ash emissions Monday, which the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said are part of the volcano's period of low-level unrest.
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Chamber sees avian flu, volcanic movement as 'signs'
A TOP official of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) believed the movement of volcanoes in India, Turkey, Indonesia, and the Philippines and the upsurge of the dreaded Asian flu virus could be a signal from the environment that the world's natural resources are now overexploited.
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